Change Tide?

[commander1985 10]

is there anyway to change the tide? Gut. noticed high tide seems to be between 0730-1400 on my Map and that infantry get drowned in swallow water in that time.

Has anyone an idea how to change that? Like maybe no high tide at all?

[darkxess 60]

is there anyway to change the tide? Gut. noticed high tide seems to be between 0730-1400 on my Map and that infantry get drowned in swallow water in that time.

Has anyone an idea how to change that? Like maybe no high tide at all?

I never thought the tide changes! and ive never seen it change anyways...

I think maybe your mistaken, even if so.. if there was a tide that changes, it would be in the Configs.cpp if anything.

:rolleyes:

[gnarly_rider 0]

I never thought the tide changes! and ive never seen it change anyways...

I think maybe your mistaken, even if so.. if there was a tide that changes, it would be in the Configs.cpp if anything.

:rolleyes:

LOL, have a look at the broken bridge crossings on Isla Duala, and change the time by 6 hours. At high tide your vehicle will get swamped, at low tide they are crossable by vehicle.

[ProfTournesol 956]

Of course the tide changes. But i'm afraid there's nothing we can do about it. I think it hasn't (or slightly) been modified since OFP.

From the wiki :

Formulas used in OFP for tide levels and sun and moon positions.

In early October 2002, Ondrej Spanel, BIS' lead programmer, published some snippets of C++ code used in OFP to calculate tide levels and the position of the sun and moon. Here they are, for your reference pleasure:

Tides formula:

const float maxTide=5;

Vector3 sunDir = sun->SunDirection();

Vector3 moonDir = sun->MoonDirection();

Vector3 sunTide = sunDir[1]*sunDir;

Vector3 moonTide = moonDir[1]*moonDir;

float tide01 = (sunTide.Y()+moonTide.Y())*0.5;

float tideAbs =maxTide*tide01;

Note: BI is aware that the tide formula contains an error. The correct formula should be:

float tide=(fabs(sunTide.Y())+fabs(moonTide.Y())*0.5;

BIS did not correct this, as it would make many older missions unplayable.

Sun and moon position formula:

float latitudeCoord = world ? world->GetLatitude() : -40*H_PI/180; Matrix3 moonOrbitAngle(MRotationZ,5*H_PI/180);

Matrix3 earthAxis=Matrix3(MRotationX,23*H_PI/180);

Matrix3 latitude(MRotationX,latitudeCoord); // -40 - Croatia, -90 - north pole

const float initMoonOnOrbitPos=0.5;

const float day=1.0/365;

const float lunarMonth=28*day;

float timeInYear = Glob.clock.GetTimeInYear();

float timeOfDay = Glob.clock.GetTimeOfDay();

float moonOnOrbitPos=initMoonOnOrbitPos+timeInYear*(1.0/lunarMonth);

Matrix3 moonOnOrbit=moonOrbitAngle*Matrix3(MRotationY,moonOnOrbitPos*(H_PI*2));

Matrix3 earthOnOrbit=Matrix3(MRotationY,timeInYear*(H_PI*2));

// note - midnight is on the point furthest from the sun Matrix3 midnightToCurrent=Matrix3(MRotationY,timeOfDay*(H_PI*2));

// calculate sun and moon position relative to current postion Matrix3 cameraToCosmos=earthAxis*midnightToCurrent*earthOnOrbit*latitude;

Matrix3 cosmosToCamera=cameraToCosmos.InverseRotation();

// use rotation of PI/2 to achieve this

Matrix3 normalDirection(MRotationX,-H_PI/2);

Matrix3 convert=normalDirection*cosmosToCamera;

_direction=convert*earthOnOrbit.Direction();

_moonDirection=convert*moonOnOrbit.Direction();

// reverse N-S, W-W

_direction[0]=-_direction[0];

_direction[2]=-_direction[2]; _moonDirection[0]=-_moonDirection[0];

_moonDirection[2]=-_moonDirection[2];

_direction.Normalize();

_sunDirection=_direction;

Edited July 10, 2010 by ProfTournesol

[[aps]gnat 28]

Different dates at different times mean different tide level.

Experiement with dates and times, but ultimately you cant stop the tide changing.

[commander1985 10]

Okay thanks for your inputs mates :)

Looks like Warfare players should reconsider tactics on my map because of the weather influence^^

[Crowe 0]

Has anyone tried to change latitude / longitude ?